usurer


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u·su·rer

 (yo͞o′zhər-ər)
n.
One who lends money at interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawfully high rate.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin ūsūrārius, moneylender, from Latin, interest-bearing, from ūsūra, usury; see usury.]
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usurer

(ˈjuːʒərə)
n
1. (Banking & Finance) a person who lends funds at an exorbitant rate of interest
2. (Professions) a person who lends funds at an exorbitant rate of interest
3. (Banking & Finance) obsolete a moneylender
4. (Professions) obsolete a moneylender
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u•su•rer

(ˈyu ʒər ər)

n.
a person who lends money and charges interest, esp. at an exorbitant rate.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.usurer - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interestusurer - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
loan shark, moneylender, shylock
lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
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usurer

[ˈjuːʒərəʳ] N → usurero/a m/f
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usurer

[ˈjuːʒərər] n → usurier/ière m/f
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usurer

n → Wucherer m, → Wucherin f
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usurer

[ˈjuːʒ/ərəʳ] n (old) → usuraio/a
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Not confining himself to theory, or permitting his faculties to rust, even at that early age, in mere abstract speculations, this promising lad commenced usurer on a limited scale at school; putting out at good interest a small capital of slate-pencil and marbles, and gradually extending his operations until they aspired to the copper coinage of this realm, in which he speculated to considerable advantage.
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An old woman who had been robbed of five hundred roubles, her all, by some rogue of a usurer, besought him to take up her case, instead of which he defended the usurer himself, a Jew named Zeidler, because this Jew promised to give him fifty roubles.
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`man-eating bishop,' `money-gorging usurer,' and what not, as though I were no more than a strolling beggar or tinker."
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``Yet, I would have sworn thy thought had been more on the old usurer's money bags, than on the black eyes of the daughter.''
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For the usurer being at certainties, and others at uncertainties, at the end of the game, most of the money will be in the box; and ever a state flourisheth, when wealth is more equally spread.
On the other side, the commodities of usury are, first, that howsoever usury in some respect hindereth merchandizing, yet in some other it advanceth it; for it is certain that the greatest part of trade is driven by young merchants, upon borrowing at interest; so as if the usurer either call in, or keep back, his money, there will ensue, presently, a great stand of trade.
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He is a usurer, and his scheme of usury is so profoundly and so cleverly based upon the requirements of the whole canton, that I should merely waste my time if I were to take it upon myself to undeceive them as to the benefits which they reap, in their own opinion, from their dealings with Taboureau.
Not a muscle had stirred in the usurer's face during this reprimand; there was no flush on his forehead, and no sign of emotion in his little eyes.
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As there are no men who complain more of the frauds of business than highwaymen, gamesters, and other thieves of that kind, so there are none who so bitterly exclaim against the frauds of gamesters, &c., as usurers, brokers, and other thieves of this kind; whether it be that the one way of cheating is a discountenance or reflection upon the other, or that money, which is the common mistress of all cheats, makes them regard each other in the light of rivals; but Nightingale no sooner heard the story than he exclaimed against the fellow in terms much severer than the justice and honesty of Allworthy had bestowed on him.
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And now, O Arcade, so much fairer than thy West End brother, we are told that thou art doomed, anon to be turned into an eatinghouse or a hive for usurers, something rankly useful.
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They would be made upon the same principles that usurers commonly lend to bankrupt and fraudulent debtors, with a sparing hand and at enormous premiums.
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You have against you," he said to Rabourdin, lowering his voice so as to be heard only by the three persons whom he addressed, "a set of usurers and priests--money and the church.
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